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State Bar announces annual awards
The State Bar of Wisconsin has announced the winners of its annual awards, who will be recognized during the Member Recognition Celebration at the State Bar’s Annual Meeting & Conference in La Crosse on June 11.
State attorney numbers decline as rural shortages grow
A Wisconsin Supreme Court report finds attorney numbers declining statewide, with rural regions facing growing shortages that strain access to justice.
Divorce by affidavit just makes good sense
New Wisconsin divorce law avoids court visit for couples.
Does mandatory CLE benefit the legal system?
Abe Lincoln, FDR, Louis Brandeis, Oliver Wendell Holmes. What do these lawyers have in common? They never attended a single mandatory continuing legal education program. And you can see how […]
Cheryl Daniels wins Distinguished Service Award
Cheryl Daniels is the 2025 recipient of the Charles L. Goldberg Distinguished Service Award from the Wisconsin Law Foundation, the charitable arm of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Rothstein named leader of State Bar of Wisconsin
Jill Rothstein is the new executive director of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Law Foundation announces 2025 grants
The Wisconsin Law Foundation, the charitable arm of the State Bar of Wisconsin, recently released its list of 12 Truman Q. McNulty grants for 2025.
New CLE courses will likely make little difference
New CEL courses offered by the State Bar of Wisconsin will do little to eliminate bias.
Wisconsin OKs CLE credit for bias, culture courses
Wisconsin attorneys can now earn CLE credit for cultural competency and bias reduction courses under a new rule approved by the state Supreme Court.
Federal judge allows case against the State Bar of Wisconsin to proceed
WILL argues that mandatory membership in the State Bar violates members' First Amendment rights.
PHOTOS: Wisconsin legal community plays ethics game at Bar meeting
Wisconsin‘s legal community gathered Friday in Green Bay at the last day of the State Bar of Wisconsin‘s annual meeting & conference for a legal ethics plenary in the style […]
State Bar of Wisconsin CLE session on bias sparks controversy
Marquette University Law School Professor Derek Mosley served as the main speaker at a State Bar of Wisconsin CLE session Thursday on "unconscious bias."
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- Madison election official reassigned after ballot error
- Prison guard sentenced for sexually assaulting inmate
- Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs judicial recusal rules
- Wisconsin settles Waupun prison death lawsuit for $3.75M
- Wisconsin settles $10M PFAS lawsuit against Tyco
- Poll: Most Americans think Supreme Court favors Trump
- FBI interviews Milwaukee officers in 2020 election probe
- Georgia-Pacific settles wrongful termination lawsuit
- Attorney reprimanded over witness payments
Case Digests
- Witness Inducement-Public Reprimand
- Attorney Misconduct-License Revocation
- Daubert Standard-Damages Cap
- Business Replacement Benefits-Equitable Estoppel
- Self-Storage Act-Sufficiency of Evidence
- Rule 11 Plea-Constructive Possession
- Sentencing Enhancement-Harmless Error- Methamphetamine Distribution
- Substantive Reasonableness-Sentencing Disparity
- Deferential Substantial-Evidence Standard-Hardship Determination
- First Amendment-Connick/Pickering Balancing Framework
- Monell Liability-Eighth Amendment (Medical Care)
- Lanham Act-International Service
